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"So He gave them what they wanted, but He allowed their souls to become weak because of it". (Psalm 106:15) NLV. Christians who complain about their circumstances would do well to ponder this sobering verse and its background. God had greatly blessed His people, Israel, delivering them supernatura

"But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for those who will worship him that way". John 4:23. Here is an amazing revelation—that the omnipotent God of creation should actually be seeking those among His c

"If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you,you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you!". John 15:7 (NKJ). The precious promise in this verse has been an inspiration to the faithful down through the centuries. It becomes even more amazing when attention is paid to the original Gr

"Acknowledge that the Lord is God! He made us, and we are his. We are his people, the sheep of his pasture". Psalm 100:3. A fix-it substance used today in most homes resides in a little blue can labeled WD-40. This liquid gold lubricates, preserves, and safeguards all kinds of stuff. But there’s a

"Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die'". John 11:25. The backdrop to this fifth “I am” declaration of Jesus in John’s gospel is the death of Lazarus four days before Christ‘s arrival with His disciples in Bethany. Martha

“Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us everything else??” (Romans 8:32) For those of us who have trusted God for salvation, based on the finished work of Christ on the cross, God has already done for us the most difficult and costly thing He could

“But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.” (Matthew 18:6). Jude, an earthly brother of our Lord, had become a leader in the early church by the time he

“For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.” (1 Peter 3:12) There are many wonderful promises of answered prayer in the Bible, some of which seem both unlimited and unconditional. On the other ha

"But we prayed to our God and guarded the city day and night to protect ourselves". (Nehemiah 4:9). Prayer is a powerful weapon, but the wall-builders in Jerusalem also were careful to set a watch against their enemies “with their swords, their spears, and their bows” (Nehemiah 4:13).

"For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened". Matthew 7:8. The tremendous resource of prayer is far too often neglected by far too many Christians. If nothing is standing between us and the Lord to keep us from asking effectively (si

"Then Paul and Silas were thrown into jail, and the jailer was ordered to guard them carefully. When he heard this order, he put them far inside the jail and pinned their feet down between large blocks of wood. About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing songs to God as the other prisoner

"I am shocked that you are turning away so soon from God, who called you to himself through the loving mercy of Christ. You are following a different way that pretends to be the Good News". Galatians 1:6. There is only one true gospel (meaning “good news”) in Christianity, but there are many false

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener". John 15:1 This seventh and last “I am” statement of Jesus in John’s gospel was made immediately prior to His earthly departure. Although He was physically leaving, Christ admonished His followers to continue abiding in Him as the true source of l

“Their minds are full of darkness; they wander far from the life God gives because they have closed their minds and hardened their hearts against him” .(Ephesians 4:18). It is a tragedy for a person to have blinded eyes but infinitely worse to have a blinded heart. No one ever willfully chooses to

“And [the crowds] were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well!” (Mark 7:37) At one point in Jesus’ earthly ministry, “great multitudes came unto him,” and He healed the physical maladies of those who “were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others” (Matthew 15:30). Mark